Dive Bards w/ Interrobang + All Through the Night
Globe Hall Presents Dive Bards with Interrobang and All Through the Night on Thursday, February 9th. – 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Stella Nova w/ The Salesmen + Coast to Ghost
Globe Hall Presents Stella Nova with The Salesmen and Coast to Ghost on Saturday, January 28th. – 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Manic Moon w/ Father Help Me + Dust Honey
Globe Hall Presents Manic Moon with Father Help Me and Dust Honey on Sunday, January 29th. – 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
City of the Sun w/ Portair
Globe Hall Presents City of the Sun with Portair on Saturday, March 25th.- 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Post/War w/ Magnolia Grove, Relate + Overslept
Globe Hall Presents Post/War with Magnolia Grove, Relate and Overslept on Friday, January 20th. – 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Whoa Sequoia w/ Green Chi + J. Carmone
Globe Hall Presents Whoa Sequoia with Green Chi and J. Carmone on Thursday, January 5th.- 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Tireshoe w/ Bridge Down + Anika Erickson
Globe Hall Presents Tireshoe with Bridge Down and Anika Erickson on Thursday, February 16th. – 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
105.5 The Colorado Sound presents Cheekface w/ Sad Park + Mr. Atomic
105.5 The Colorado Sound Presents Cheekface with Sad Park and Mr. Atomic on Saturday, April 8 –When we last left the arguably interesting adventures of Cheekface, they’d released the minor phenomenon “Emphatically No.” The band’s sophomore album bowed at #1 on Bandcamp’s alternative and vinyl sales charts, became a college radio staple, and propelled the L.A. talk-singing trio into packed houses of Cheek Freaks across the US. So I guess now is a good time for Cheekface to return with their third LP, “Too Much to Ask.”You might say “Too Much to Ask” builds on the strengths of the first two Cheekface albums, but also refines and evolves their sound a little, and why would I argue with you? The band’s songwriting battery of guitarist/singer Greg Katz and bassist Amanda Tannen show their lyrical trademark, a strangely inviting sad and sideways wit, right from the jump — “life hands you problems, make problem-ade,” they announce in the almost-unglued 1-minute-25-second album opener “When Life Hands You Problems” — and then across the record’s 11 tracks, the band proceeds to make hay out of many of life’s mysteries.There’s the problematic popularity of quinoa (the what-if-Stephen-Malkmus-fronted-Television headnodder “Pledge Drive”), the boundless desires of American imperialists and the political complacency that enables them (the relentlessly hooky and bleak “You Always Want to Bomb the Middle East”), the physical toll of daily routine (“I would get so much done if I didn’t have to sleep anymore, but then I would be tired,” they observe on The Cars-via-Rosenstock “I Feel So Weird”), the questionable marketing of a certain quacky soap bottle doctor (beach-blanket strummer “Election Day,” which features a guest verse from kindred spirit Sidney Gish), and the seemingly sabotaged pointlessness of it all — pick any track really, but I like “coffee from the bank / Fritos isn’t free / I only want to be with other people like me” from “We Need a Bigger Dumpster,” a singalong single that exposes Cheekface’s most fundamental components as clear as a deep-sea fish: a simple drum beat, a nasty bassline, a neatly catchy guitar riff, a suprisingly memorable chorus, and a funny fatalistic wisdom that unites it all.Cheekface — comprising Katz, Tannen, and drummer Mark “Echo” Edwards — often stick close to the blend of post-punk and power pop they first explored on 2019 debut “Therapy Island” and honed across 2021’s “Emphatically No.” But new to this album, the chatty indie rock outfit lets the music do the talking at times, like in the winding dance break of LCDesque “Featured Singer,” the explosion of guitarmonies on “You Always Want to Bomb the Middle East,” and the majestic Moog melody of album closer “Vegan Water.” These excursions give more space to the band’s best punchlines and lighten the weight of their darker thoughts. Meanwhile, pianos and Casio keyboards and cowbells poke their heads in here and there; there are some cut and paste samples sprinkled around; some flotsam and jetsam are used as percussion, like a staple gun, a stainless steel ashtray, an old vinyl suitcase and a clanky folding chair. They also fit their first ballad on this record, “Election Day,” next to a screaming 57-second mantra about instant noodles.But even as Cheekface evolves a little, the album stays focused on Katz and Tannen’s lyrics about the confounding feeling of the unmoored present. “I think the last year or two has drawn a big circle around a lot of things we all already knew, but maybe didn’t know we knew,” Katz says. “The shock of isolation and the shock of togetherness, the call to activism and the pull of resignation, wanting the best for your friends but expecting the worst of yourself. The sneaking feeling that your life is mostly funny but a little sad a lot of the time — except for the times when it’s mostly sad but still kinda funny.”
Cista Vinum w/ Fun Machine, Tonguebyte + Slyjax
Globe Hall Presents Cista Vinum with Fun Machine, Tonguebyte and Slyjax on Thursday, January 19th. – 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Transviolet w/ Jagwar Twin
Globe Hall Presents Transviolet with Jagwar Twin on Sunday, April 23rd. After a successful catfishing on a musician networking website, Sarah McTaggart began to collaborate with producer and bassist Mike Panek across the world, and over the internet writing the beginnings of what would eventually become Transviolet. She made the move from the Cayman Islands, to Toronto, landing eventually in San Diego where they met for the first time and sparks flew, or at the very least no one was serial killed. Jon Garcia was brought in on drums, and later Judah McCarthy on guitar and keys after moving to LA and signing their first publishing deal. For two years the band locked themselves in studios across the purgatory that is the San Fernando Valley (which would later be the title of their 2018 release), writing song after song, until piquing the interest of LA Reid and their first major label partner EPIC records. From the very beginning, Transviolet has made a point to approach music differently. Like when they released their first single Girls Your Age, the band sent out 2,000 plain manilla envelopes to kids across the country containing a cassette tape that only said “play me”, not realizing that was pretty near to the exact plot of the horror movie SAW. Blogs and press outlets took notice, but no one cared nearly as much as the mothers across the country when they took to facebook to demand answers, and threaten the band with legal action. It was hilarious. 24 hours later and Katy Perry Tweeted out the song, a week later Harry Styles. A flood of attention came to the band and they were thrown into the deep end that is the music industry. Writing with collaborators DreamLab (Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj…) Sam Hollander ( Panic At the disco, Fitz and the tantrums) Andrew Dawson (Kanye West, Tyler the Creator) and Nate Motte of 3OH!3, among many others, Transviolet put out two more EPs, seeing critical acclaim from countless press outlets. Now in 2019 with multiple support (Twenty one pilots, LANY, Dua Lipa, Joywave) and headling tours (US, UK) under their collective belt, and tens of millions of streams – Transviolet is gearing up to release their first Independent full album. Feeling as they’re writing the best material of their career thus far, the band couldn’t be more ready to show the world, just who it is, they are. Self written, self mixed, self released, the band is taking the reins and show no signs of slowing down. – 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
